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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Locked Room, Chapters 8-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Virginia Stillman's profession before she married Peter?
(a) Speech therapist.
(b) Private detective.
(c) University professor.
(d) Librarian.

2. Why is the narrator apprehensive about opening the suitcases and reading Fanshawe's work?
(a) He doesn't want Fanshawe's work to be bad, but neither does he want it to be good.
(b) He has too much of his own work to do and is worried about the time it will take.
(c) He worries that he will read something very personal about Sophie and Fanshawe's relationship.
(d) He remembers that Fanshawe liked to write about things that did not interest him.

3. During their second conversation, what does Black tell Blue that he does for a living?
(a) He says he is an insurance salesman.
(b) He says he is a teacher.
(c) He says he is a private detective.
(d) He says he is a writer.

4. What is Quinn's pseudonym?
(a) Peter Stillman.
(b) Max Work.
(c) William Wilson.
(d) Thomas Williams.

5. Where does Quinn go to read Stillman's book?
(a) Central Park.
(b) The Columbia Library.
(c) The bookstore.
(d) The Stillman's apartment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Quinn wearing when he first begins writing notes about the Stillman case in Chapter 5?

2. Who is the author of The New Babel?

3. What do the narrator and Jane Fanshawe do before the narrator leaves to return to his family?

4. What is Paul Auster's profession?

5. What is the name of Paul Auster's son?

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